Back in January, when we released AARP’s first 2024 She’s the Difference national survey focusing on women voters age 50 and over, we said that older women would be the wild card in this election. They are a big group.  They show up at the polls.  And, because they are fairly equally divided by party, …

Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Health Issues Motivating Black Women Voters for Harris The Washington Post, Stephanie Armour and McKenzie Beard Vice President Kamala Harris is making inroads with Black women voters on the campaign trail, who are rallying behind …

Liz Carpenter was the quintessential political Renaissance woman of the 20th century: a savvy White House staffer, political and campaign operative, and catalyst for a national movement to increase the number of women in elected office. It’s impossible to summarize her extraordinary life in a blog– so thank goodness we now have the film: “Shaking …

Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. How Gender Became the Election’s Crucial Fault Line The New York Times, Emily Bazelon The 2024 election cycle has been anything but normal, and the growing gender gap is no exception. Vice President Kamala Harris …

If there is ever a time for voters to be highly engaged in politics – it’s October of a presidential election. And our recent survey of more than 800 women across the nation shows this engagement is higher than ever. The stakes are high: nearly half of women surveyed say this will be the most …

Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Harris & Cheney display bipartisan unity in birthplace of Republican party The 19th*, Shefali Luthra Ending weeks of speculation, Vice President Kamala Harris (D–California) and former Congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming) appeared together for the first …

Read the memo here and the press release here. POLITICO’s Elena Schneider reported on the findings in the news story, “Trump losing ground with women on economy, poll shows.” In case you missed the virtual discussion of “She Votes 2024: From Issues to Impact” with Amanda Hunter, Lindsay Vermeyen, Elena Schneider, and Betsy Fischer Martin, …

Currently women occupy 12 governors’ seats, 25 U.S. Senate seats, and 126 U.S. House seats. In 2020 six women entered the 2020 Democratic primary. In 2024 one woman was a Republican primary contender. In 2021 the first woman served as vice president, and three of the last presidential elections included a woman at the top …

Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. The Politics of Motherhood Become a Campaign-Trail Cudgel New York Times, Katie Rogers The New York Times explores how the upcoming presidential election has exposed a fault line in the “motherhood divide” – the private …

Happy Friday! Welcome to our Media Round Up. Each week we’re collecting and sharing our favorite gender + politics stories. Sarah Huckabee Sanders knocks Harris for not having biological children Washington Post, Amy B. Wang and Hannah Knowles Republican Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders finds herself in hot water after making a comment about Vice …